If you need the 9th bit, then simply read it from RCSTA.0 (as shown in your datasheet) before reading RCREG.
Example;
Received 9-bit data = %1 1010 0011
ric var word
ric.HighByte = RCSTA & %00000001 ' Read RCSTA bit #0 into ric bit #8
ric.LowByte = RCREG
ric now contains %0000 0001 1010 0011
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